Lot 80
  • 80

Emperor Alexander III on horseback, Kasli Iron Works, 1899

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • cast iron
  • Length of base 11 3/4 in. (29.8 cm)
after a bronze model of the 1880s by an unidentified artist, the Emperor in military uniform, cast with the factory mark with Imperial warrant dated 1899 and A. Bykov for the factory modeler

Condition

overall very good condition, some small surface wear consistent with age and use
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Catalogue Note

On this model, see O. Gubkin, G. Shaidurova, Khudozhestvennoe lit'e XIX-XX vekov, Ekaterinburg, 2005, p. 176, no. 451.